Activity for Amadeusâ€
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| Comment | Post #39418 |
+1, that's clever. With that idea, we can make the MC's plan to GET something from the 2ndary antagonist with which to fight the others. So when 2ndary leaves with his stuff out of fear, MC's plan is useless, and on top of that 3rd Ant joins with 1st Ant. That would be a good middle-of-book crisis: M... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #38633 |
Reopened because I think it is a valid writing question and answers can apply to other beginning writers. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #38376 |
I reopened this question because at least two people have answered the underlying writing question behind it. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #38439 |
A rare exception to this is the planned series; like Babylon Five. The creator and show-runner was J. Michael Straczynski (he wrote 92 of 110 episodes in five years) and the series was a single coherent story planned to last five years. He began with plot outlines for every show of every season. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #38653 |
I reopened this question; it is absolutely on topic for writers; the literary mechanisms by which attractions and romances are forged. The vast majority of novels have some sort of romance plot or subplot, it is useful to get views on how to make that realistic. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39306 |
@MarkBaker ... The 3AS is more of a sketch, like normal happy people look roughly like :-) , two eyes a nose and a smile, a guide to a portrait with room for innovation. I can break the rules, but I know when I am breaking the rules and what justifies that, like a complex alien "normal world" or a ty... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39306 |
@MarkBaker Aren't you using analysis to determine a (good) story needs a moment of truth, some choice (moral or otherwise) to change or risk it all for a principle? Isn't the prescription to escalate challenges in Act II analysis? As is the proportionality prescription for increasing the moral distan... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39306 |
@MarkBaker That said, I think the last two paragraphs here are insightful, writing from the middle and adjusting Act I down enough to make the character far from Act III. Even for a discovery writer, it can be a clue to rewrite Act I to further impair the hero. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39306 |
@MarkBaker The 3AS is derived from averages and observations from popular stories; just like Campbell's "Hero's Journey". So *typically* in good stories have an Inciting Incident near the 1/8th mark. Not a rule, but straying far from it would make the work an outlier among good stories -- Or more lik... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #38949 |
This would be my answer too; I have seen citations in every part, including the abstract, especially when the paper continues some kind of work previously published with some new experiments or studies, or is refuting a claim made in a published work. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39346 |
@MarkBaker I have a reader that feels the same way. But, if it is part of my female spy's job to seduce men that disgust them for access and information, I feel obliged to show her thoughts and feelings in the act. It is a part of her character I think readers want to be believable. I thought that di... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39340 |
@MonicaCellio Still, I'd say just add them with a downvote and leave them open; or stick them in a review queue. SE gets too complicated, it is really just another tab for questions. You could make it just like searching for a tag; questions with negative scores, sorted by how negative. Then we can v... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39339 |
Copyedit: last paragraph, "grouping of taste, and and agent" is probably "and any agent". (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39335 |
+1, I can't edit your answer, but "entirely appropriate the the protagonist loses" sets off my OCD bat signal... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39331 |
I agree completely with this; especially the duplicates. If there is a duplicate, recommending the previous question is just an Answer itself, not a disqualifier. Like, "Check out the answers to this question, as well", but still let others answer the question directly. Maybe you are talking about yo... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39324 |
@MonicaCellio Understood. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39324 |
@MonicaCellio has done a successful GoFundMe, that might be a way to raise promotional funding; I'd contribute. But I don't think we're ready; being unable to import the scores on Q/A makes us look incomplete; no votes on anything loses all ranking. All questions look the same, all answers look the s... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39324 |
Eventually, we would want the stuff they do on websites (not my field) like keyword optimization, banner exchange, and targeted advertising, I know Facebook has a lot of very fine distinctions for ads, they may allow selection by "writers', or may have relevant facebook groups. I presume we can also ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39324 |
Continued: Listing "on this day" would be pretty interesting; since we end up with about 366 pages of questions, that would also result in approximately a page of questions resurfaced each day (maybe not on Christmas or New Years, but on average). I might even modify some of my own old answers on suc... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39324 |
That sounds good to me, also. I am one of those that love to ask questions, too, as my profile says: 1376 questions answered, 1 asked!
I'd also say, I do enjoy debating the craft. I wouldn't mind the (SE Banned) "matter of opinion" or "survey" questions, for example, I find it interesting to read... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39321 |
I will second this too! I just realized we can't upvote comments. Or flag them (I don't want to flag any, I'm just sayin'). (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39318 |
I agree, a more mature community wouldn't need it; but a "queen for a day" page might get some attention and make the site less stale. I wouldn't upvote my own answer if it's already there, I always upvote any question I think (or in this case thought) was worth answering. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39308 |
(The cardinal sin of writing IS to be tedious, not "it to be tedious") (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39305 |
Hi Mark! I thought I've seen answers on SE for deleted users, as user123456 or something. If you can remember some Q or A of yours, maybe you can search for it and see if it is still shown. Then reclaim those posts as your own. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #39276 |
@ArtOfCode I updated my answer. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |